Table 7-1
Legal aid plan direct legal service expenditures, staff and private lawyers by type of matter — Total

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Total
  Total Staff lawyers Private lawyers
  thousands of dollars percent thousands of dollars percent
Newfoundland and Labrador  
2005/2006 6,518 6,365 98 153 2
2006/2007 7,394 7,081 96 313 4
2007/2008 7,532 7,344 98 188 2
2008/2009 10,268 9,966 97 302 3
2009/2010 10,196 9,847 97 349 3
Prince Edward Island  
2005/2006 .. .. … .. …
2006/2007 1,336 1,087 81 249 19
2007/2008 1,464 1,217 83 247 17
2008/2009 .. .. … .. …
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
Nova Scotia  
2005/2006 17,209 13,463 78 3,746 22
2006/2007 17,820 14,441 81 3,379 19
2007/2008 19,888 15,702 79 4,186 21
2008/2009 21,785 16,646 76 5,139 24
2009/2010 20,035 16,298 81 3,737 19
New Brunswick  
2005/2006 5,255 3,930 75 1,325 25
2006/2007 6,178 4,664 75 1,514 25
2007/2008 5,663 2,890 51 2,773 49
2008/2009 6,753 4,941 73 1,812 27
2009/2010 .. .. … .. …
Quebec 1  
2005/2006 116,587 68,745 59 47,842 41
2006/2007 120,365 77,001 64 43,364 36
2007/2008 114,545 68,942 60 45,603 40
2008/2009 121,167 69,987 58 51,180 42
2009/2010 120,931 70,688 58 50,243 42
Ontario 2  
2005/2006 282,725 60,536 21 222,189 79
2006/2007 254,792 62,609 25 192,183 75
2007/2008 251,687 65,910 26 185,777 74
2008/2009 272,187 70,174 26 202,013 74
2009/2010 275,061 71,106 26 203,955 74
Manitoba  
2005/2006 18,351 9,132 50 9,219 50
2006/2007 17,503 9,644 55 7,859 45
2007/2008 19,019 10,303 54 8,716 46
2008/2009 20,645 11,649 56 8,996 44
2009/2010 22,704 11,899 52 10,805 48
Saskatchewan  
2005/2006 15,016 13,526 90 1,490 10
2006/2007 15,756 14,013 89 1,743 11
2007/2008 17,660 15,138 86 2,522 14
2008/2009 19,064 16,128 85 2,936 15
2009/2010 19,456 17,004 87 2,452 13
Alberta  
2005/2006 42,632 9,757 23 32,875 77
2006/2007 41,256 10,688 26 30,568 74
2007/2008 44,683 12,909 29 31,774 71
2008/2009 54,769 17,106 31 37,663 69
2009/2010 64,634 19,351 30 45,283 70
British Columbia  
2005/2006 52,854 7,198 14 45,656 86
2006/2007 57,399 7,312 13 50,087 87
2007/2008 59,747 7,648 13 52,099 87
2008/2009 64,214 7,594 12 56,620 88
2009/2010 60,948 7,451 12 53,497 88
Yukon  
2005/2006 1,400 1,196 85 204 15
2006/2007 1,364 1,186 87 178 13
2007/2008 1,325 1,161 88 164 12
2008/2009 1,485 1,326 89 159 11
2009/2010 1,408 1,323 94 85 6
Northwest Territories  
2005/2006 2,714 1,155 43 1,559 57
2006/2007 2,863 1,186 41 1,677 59
2007/2008 3,448 1,503 44 1,945 56
2008/2009 3,240 1,267 39 1,973 61
2009/2010 3,172 1,350 43 1,822 57
Nunavut 3  
2005/2006 2,601 1,122 43 1,479 57
2006/2007 2,999 964 32 2,035 68
2007/2008 .. .. … .. …
2008/2009 1,815 1,055 58 760 42
2009/2010 2,798 741 26 2,057 74
Total  
2005/2006 563,862 r 196,125 r 35 r 367,737 r 65 r
2006/2007 547,025 r 211,876 r 39 r 335,149 r 61 r
2007/2008 546,661 r 210,667 r 39 r 335,994 r 61 r
2008/2009 597,392 r 227,839 r 38 r 369,553 r 62 r
2009/2010 601,343 227,058 38 374,285 62
1.
For Quebec, the breakdown in expenditures for staff lawyers is estimated.
2.
Ontario has 79 legal aid clinics that are independent, non-profit organizations funded by the legal aid plan. Staff lawyers and community legal workers at these clinics provide legal aid services primarily in "other" civil matters, particularly in the area of poverty law which includes, social assistance/income maintenance, landlord and tenant, workers' compensation, criminal injuries compensation, and refugee and immigration matters. In 2009/2010, these clinics accounted for about 79% of direct legal aid expenditures on staff lawyers. Ontario's figure for direct legal aid expenditures includes an estimate for work done by private lawyers, but not billed to the legal aid plan by year-end. A change in the method used to estimate this figure resulted In a one-time increase in direct legal services expenditures (affecting criminal and civil matters) of $33.6 million in 2005/2006.
3.
In Nunavut in 2009/2010, a breakdown of direct legal aid expenditures by type of matter is not available, but they are included in the figure for total expenditures.
Note(s):
For more details on legal aid concepts and terminology please refer to the glossary.
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Legal Aid Survey 3308.